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BARNABAS WALKS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Barbara Firth.
Stock no. 1329215
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

The story of Barnabas the Guinea Pig. Glazed pictorial boards. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 074450533X. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Slight fading to spine.

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TIBBER
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale.
Stock no. 1329214
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Story about a cute cat. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744505356. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Slight fading to spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1986
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1329211
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tall laminate boards - Rupert with net and tadpoles in jar. 1st story Rupert & the Strange Airman. 100 pages. (In 1986 Alfred Bestall, the first illustrator of Rupert annuals, died at the age of 93). ISBN: 0850791596. Name in belongs to box. Minimal bumping to spine and corners.

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HOURS OF SUNSHINE
Written by Matthias Barr. Illustrated by Oscar Pletsch.
Stock no. 1329208
Published by Cassell, Petter And Galpin. Circa 1873. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. 96 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Endpapers have been professionally replaced. There are fingermarks and foxspots to the contents but overall they are clean.

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GRANNIE'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1329206
Published by Augener Ltd.; David McKay. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 1 of "Old Nursery Rhymes". Small oblong format. Floral decorated boards with circular illustration to front. Pretty colour pictures throughout. Very slight fading to covers. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is slightly grubby. This edition undated but believe it to be an early edition with 10 colour illustrations (the first edition had 12).

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AUNTIE'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1329205
Published by Augener Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 3 of Old Nursery Rhymes. Floral decorated boards with circular picture to front. Small oblong format. Pretty pastel illustrations every page. Some light/uneven fading to covers. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is slightly grubby with a few small edge tears and a small chip to top edge of rear panel. This edition is not dated but it is believed to be an early edition with 10 colour illustrations (the first edition had 12).

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NURSIE'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1329204
Published by Augener Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 4 of Old Nursery Rhymes. Small oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped and cocked. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is slightly grubby/marked and has a couple of corner tears. This edition is not dated but believe that it is an early edition with 10 colour illustrations (1st edition had 12).

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DADDY'S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1329203
Published by Augener Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 5 of Old Nursery Rhymes. Small oblong format. Decorated paperboards. Full-page colour illustrations facing well-known rhymes. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is very slightly grubby and has a few small edge tears. This edition is not dated but believe it to be an early edition with 10 colour illustrations (the first edition had 12).

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HOUSE OF SECRETS
Written by Chris Columbus; Ned Vizzini.
Stock no. 1329201
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine. All edges blue. ISBN: 9780007465835. SIGNED by authors on label which has been stuck to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to wrapper edges.

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THE THORNY PARADISE
Written by Edward Blishen.
Stock no. 1329199
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Writers on writing for children. Essays by distinguished writers on their craft or on special aspects of it. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0722654634. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning and foxing. Small, light mark to rear free-endpaper. White dustwrapper is just a little yellowed and edge rubbed.

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SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Written by William Blake. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329192
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Ex-lib with writing to front pastedown. Both pastedowns are damaged from removal of sellotape(?), also small brown marks to endpapers. Library stamp to rear pastedown. Finger creases to pages but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, only minimal loss.

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GOOD COMRADES
Written by Felix Salten. Illustrated by Bob Kuhn.
Stock no. 1329185
Published by Transatlantic Arts Limited. 1944. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Translated by Paul R. Milton. Grey cloth, black titles. B/w text illustrtations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light fading to cover edges and some slight damp(?) staining to top corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with slight loss and grubby to rear panel.

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